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Meet the Lawyer Disrupting the Way Law Firms Are Named
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An embattled Las Vegas attorney and his companies donated $50,000 to Gov. Steve Sisolak’s 2018 campaign around the time the lawyer improperly took about $152,000…
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Lawyer for Michael Flynn says she updated Trump on status of case
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On Tuesday, the lawyer of Michael Flynn, former national security adviser for the administration of Republican President Donald Trump, told a judge that he personally…
Lawyer used cocaine with woman before her death, records show
A Las Vegas attorney, recently charged with writing $400,000 in bad checks, told police in 2017 that he used cocaine with a woman who died…
Case of fired Henderson Police chief will show racial bias, lawyer says
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Belarusian Rights Activist, Jailed Iranian Lawyer Among ‘Alternative Nobel’ Awardees
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